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"All we have carrying forward at this point is our DNA…"
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"People saw only a turban and a beard."
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“I opened up the back door of that church to see these hundreds of eyes all staring back at me, knowing where I had been.”
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“In that moment that I took those pills, I wasn’t thinking of you and that’s hard to accept.”
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“Everything was so quiet like somebody had shut the volume control off on the world.”
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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month

Voices and stories recorded as part of StoryCorps Historias

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"You told me you were so tired that you had fallen asleep at a red light."
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"You told me you were so tired that you had fallen asleep at a red light."
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"To this day, I can smell the dirt and the fear. It’s been years, but it’s vivid in my memory."
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"To this day, I can smell the dirt and the fear. It’s been years, but it’s vivid in my memory."
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"I was ashamed. Because I didn’t realize just how much Grandma gave us."
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"I was ashamed. Because I didn’t realize just how much Grandma gave us."
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"His hands were those of someone who worked since the age of six."
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"His hands were those of someone who worked since the age of six."

Animations

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Mi Abuela Panchita
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Alexis Martinez and Lesley Martinez Etherly

Unlikely Connections

Friendships forged against the odds

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"My American soldier became my Iraqi brother."
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"My American soldier became my Iraqi brother."

Paul Braun, an Army sergeant with the Minnesota National Guard, talks with Philip, who served as his interpreter in Iraq, about the friendship they've built.
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"I just hugged the man who murdered my son."
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"I just hugged the man who murdered my son."

In 1993, Oshea Israel shot and killed Mary Johnson’s only son. A dozen years later, Mary visited Oshea in prison, and an unlikely friendship began.
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"I heard the door rattle, and I see you coming in."

"I heard the door rattle, and I see you coming in."

Green Beret Joe Serna, who found adjusting to civilian life difficult after retirement, talks with the judge who helped him change his life during a night in jail.
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"I was absolutely sure that I had killed you."
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"I was absolutely sure that I had killed you."

Jeff Wilson sits down with his former high school classmate, Tammie Baird, to talk about the time he accidentally hit her with his car in 1984.